The NCAA Rules committee, chaired by Mike Brey, officially proposed a three foot restricted area under the basket, from which a secondary defender cannot take a charge. This is bigger than the 2 foot arc that was tested during several in-season tournaments, but smaller than the NBA's 4 foot arc. The reasons for the size were that data showed that a 2 foot arc was ineffective, but a four foot arc would be too close to the edge of the lane, which is only 12 feet wide in college as opposed to the 16 foot lane in the NBA.

Several other rules were also proposed. The first, which I will call the "Jay Bilas Rule" simply changes the names of "Intentional" and "Flagrant" fouls will be "Flagrant 1" and "Flagrant 2" fouls. Brey cited that "intent" has nothing to do with the rule, which is something that Bilas has complained about on several occasions. Perhaps Bilas, who was a Duke assistant at the same time as Brey, even made a phone call to lobby for the change.

Coaches will now have an NFL style "challenge" system to request that officials go to the monitor if they aren't already going to do so on their own. If there is no change to the play, a timeout (or technical foul if no timeouts remain) will be charged. There is no limit to the number of requests.

Teams who are late returning to the court after timeouts will receive only a single warning about it. On subsequent occurrences, The officials will resume play without waiting.

On the omen's side, the thee point line will merge with the men's line, ending the ugly and confusing practice of painting two different lines so close to each other. The women will also adopt the charge circle and change the names of intentional and flagrant fouls.

They will also experiment in exhibitions with a 10 second half-court count similar to the men's rule.

All of these rules still need final approval from the NCAA next month, but that is normally just a formality. If approved, they will all be implemented at the start of next season.